A pilot was compelled to eject from an F-35B Lightning II fighter jet throughout a crash touchdown on the a naval airbase in Texas on Thursday morning.
The crash occurred on the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Value, because the $100million jet touched down on the tarmac. The pilot’s situation stays unknown.
It was not the primary time an F-35B – which takes off and lands vertically, very like a helicopter – has crashed in latest reminiscence.
Simply this month a jet’s ahead touchdown gear collapsed whereas it was being towed throughout a tarmac in Japan, and final yr a jet went careening off the flight deck of an plane service and sank into the Mediterranean.
The crash occurred on the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Value, because the $100million jet touched down on the tarmac
The newest incident was not the primary time an F-35B – which takes off and lands vertically, very like a helicopter – has crashed in latest reminiscence
Footage from Fort Value confirmed the F-35B descending vertically from the sky to the runway and gently touching down.
The aircraft then appeared to bounce just a few toes again into the air and journey ahead, earlier than out of the blue pitching ahead, nostril first into the bottom.
The plane flipped ahead on its nostril in a cloud of mud and smoke earlier than spinning 180 levels round. It then turned again round and fell upright onto its touchdown gear because it continued to slip ahead.
The pilot then got here rocketing out of the cockpit with their parachute in tow, which expanded within the air earlier than they drifted to the bottom.
Footage from Fort Value confirmed the F-35B descending vertically from the sky to the runway and gently touching down
The aircraft appeared to bounce just a few toes again into the air and journey ahead, earlier than out of the blue pitching ahead, nostril first into the bottom
The plans skidded ahead in a cloud of smoke and dirt on the tarmac in Fort Value
The pilot ejected because the aircraft skidded throughout the runway in Texas
The jet’s producer, munitions contractor Lockheed Martin, acknowledged the crash in a press release.
‘We’re conscious of the F-35B crash on the shared runway at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Value and perceive that the pilot ejected efficiently,’ the corporate stated.
‘Security is our precedence, and we are going to comply with applicable investigation protocol.’
Lockheed Martin assembles the jet at facility that shares a runway with the Navy base.
Final February US Navy spokesperson confirmed that the picture above was an actual image of an F-35B which had crash landed within the South China Sea
The pilot of the F-35C deployed his touchdown hook to catch the deck and cease his jet, however one thing went improper and he ejected and skidded over the aspect
The revolutionary jet was first launched in 2015 and has been plagued with issues lately.
Simply this previous summer time the Air Pressure grounded 300 of its F-35Bs – which had price about $23billion collectively – due to defective ejection programs.
At situation have been the explosive cartridges inside F-35 ejection seats that blow the pilot away from the plane in an emergency.
‘Out of an abundance of warning, [Air Combat Command] ACC items will execute a stand-down on July 29 to expedite the inspection course of,’ an ACC spokesman advised DailyMail.com on the time.
And in February of this yr, a Lightning II crashed whereas touchdown on the USS Carl Vinson within the South China Sea.
Video leaked on social media on the time confirmed the jet approaching the ship earlier than a sudden burst of smoke stuffed the body accompanied by a violent engine sound earlier than the video lower off.
Subsequent photographs confirmed the jet half submerged within the water because it sank into the ocean.
The pilot had ejected from the plane in the course of the crash and was reported injured, as have been six sailors aboard the Vinson.
US Navy Fort Value crash was TWELFTH time $100m jets have malfunctioned in previous eight years
June 23, 2014: A USAF F-35A had a catastrophic engine fireplace brought on by a fractured rotor which noticed it flip right into a blaze because it took off in Florida.
October 27, 2016: A US Marine Corp F-35B set alight mid-flight attributable to a hearth in its weapons bay earlier than the pilot landed safely in Beaufort, South Carolina.
September 28, 2018: All operational F-35s have been grounded whereas a probe was launched into why a gasoline tube failed in flight after a horror crash at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in South Carolina.
April 9, 2019: Elements of the tail of a Japanese F-35 have been discovered within the sea round 85 miles east of Misawa throughout a coaching mission.
Might 19. 2020: This F-35 crash on touchdown was brought on by a drained, distracted pilot and unresponsive tail glitch.
September 20, 2020: A F-35 stealth fighter jet fell out of the sky and exploded on the bottom after hitting a KC-130J tanker in a mid-air collision close to the Salton Sea in Imperial County, California.
September 20, 2020: A F-35 stealth fighter jet fell out of the sky and exploded on the bottom after hitting a KC-130J tanker in a mid-air collision close to the Salton Sea in Imperial County, California
November 17, 2021: An RAF F-35B toppled into the Mediterranean Sea after the pilot tried to abort take-off from HMS Queen Elizabeth. Early experiences advised its engine sucked in an are inlet cowl.
January 4, 2022: South Korea grounded its F-35s after an F-35A suffered an in-air malfunction. Its pilot made an emergency stomach touchdown when its touchdown gear failed to increase.
February 2, 2022: An F-35B crashes into the South China Sea whereas making an attempt to land on the USS Carl Vinson, and the aircraft sinks to the ocean flooring.
July, 2022: Three-hundred US Air Pressure F-35bs – value about $78billion – to research probably defective ejection programs
December 1, 2022: An F-35B’s ahead touchdown gear out of the blue breaks off whereas the jet is being taxied throughout the tarmac on the Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan
December 15, 2022: A pilot was compelled to eject when an F-35B out of the blue pitched ahead onto its nostril throughout a vertical touchdown on the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Value.
